There’s an interesting phenomena for anyone walking in late afternoon around 350 West Georgia and going into the central atrium…

The Economist argues (what else?) that the centuries-old dominance of oil as the most valuable resource commodity may be coming…

On Tuesday I cracked myself up in prep for an evening with Janette Sadik-Khan (JSK), former NYCDOT Transportation Commissioner and author…

Janette Sadik-Khan, former NYCDOT Commissioner and new author of Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution, best known for making New…

From the Daily Scot: . Here is a book that I believe belongs on the shelf of anyone who loves…

ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS By Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley  In their new book, Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, Barnett and…

At the end of every year, New York Times columnist David Brooks announces “The Sidneys” – his recommendations for the best magazine…

A pedestrian perspective. ____________________________________ . RECOMMENDED READING By Sandy James: Wayne Curtis’s new book, The Last Great Walk,  documents the 1909…

Looking for a summer read?  This is it: . Paris.  On foot.  With a guide who writes well. But it’s…

I wrote the original of this essay back in the 1990s, and then submitted an update to Plan Canada, the magazine…

Richard Florida’s latest, published in ULI’s Urban Land, where he takes on the issue of the class divide in rejuvenating…

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. _________________________________________________________ . GRADING THE GRADING: LOS EXPLAINED…

Another Fall book – this one from Patrick Condon’s shop at UBC: a collaboration by 20 student landscape architects and…

That thump you heard was the arrival of Fall books, ready for the gift-giving season – and there are a…